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Tuesday, 1 May 2018

Haunted Adelaide: Adelaide Oval Scoreboard

Haunted Adelaide: Adelaide Oval Scoreboard

There have long been rumours that the old Adelaide Oval
Scoreboard is haunted but no-one can identify the mysterious figure alleged to
been witnessed in the old building.
It would seem the first-hand experiences of this ghost are few and far between,
with only a handful of anecdotes about sightings of this mysterious spirit
surfacing in the last 100 years.

Could it be instead, that the haunting of the Old Scoreboard
is an urban legend, made up to rationalise a supporter’s feeling as to why
their team is losing, or lost the game?

“It must’ve been the
ghost in the scoreboard that got the scores wrong!”

The identity of the alleged ghost, whether real or urban
legend, remains a mystery…

History:

The first Scoreboard at the Adelaide Oval was a manually
operated, ‘hook’ style scoreboard used from 1879 until 1885, when a newer
version was installed. This was followed by another upgrade in 1898.

Designed by Kenneth Milne, The Adelaide Oval Scoreboard
began being to be used in 1911, with a clock added in 1913, and later, in 1930,
a windvane added to complete its look.

The Adelaide Oval has been described as “one of the most
picturesque Test Cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world.”
the oval was established in 1871 after the formation of the South Australian
Cricket Association. The first Australian Rules Football game took place on the
oval in 1877, between the Adelaide Football Club and the Bankers (football
club) as part of the South Australian Football Association, later to be known
as the SANFL.

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All photos remain the property of their respective copyright owners and are displayed here for the purpose of education, research and review under the copyright act "fair usage" clause.

Some photo's used on this website are sourced from The Sate Library of South Australia, and The National Library of Australia and http://www.gawler.nowandthen.net.au - all photos are out of copyright and have no usage restrictions implied.

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PANDORA

On the 7-1-2013, The Haunts of Adelaide was added to The National Library of Australia's "Pandora" archive.http://pandora.nla.gov.au/